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Derginin Adı:
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The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Cilt:
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2014/15
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Sayı:
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3
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Makale Başlık:
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EFFECTS OF STUDENTS’ CHARACTERISTICS ON ONLINE LEARNING READINESS: A Vocational College Example
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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1.04.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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3
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Makale Özeti:
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Educational institutions rapidly adopt concepts and practices of online learning systems for
students. But many institutions’ online learning programs face enormous difficulty in
achieving successful strategies. It is essential to evaluate its different aspects and
understand factors which influence its effectiveness. Readiness stands out among the
variables that influence online learning effectiveness. Therefore, it is important to examine
online learning readiness (OLR) and students’ characteristics that affect OLR. This paper
reports relationship between student characteristics and OLR at vocational college.
Quantitative method was used to collect relevant data in this study. Hung et al.’s Online
Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS) was administered to 725 vocational college students, in
Balıkesir. OLRS has 18 items grouped into five factors; computer/Internet self-efficacy
(CIS), self-directed learning (SDL), learner control (LC), motivation for learning (ML), and
online communication self-efficacy (OCS). t-test and multivariate analysis of variance
(MANOVA) were used to determine if there were significant differences in online learning
readiness across the students’ characteristics. The study revealed that students surveyed
overall ready for online learning but they need to improve themselves especially in CIS and
OCS in order to be successful at online learning. Students’ characteristics (PC ownership,
department, type of high school graduation) significantly affect learners’ in some
dimensions of OLRS especially CIS dimension. The research findings were discussed in line
with the literature and some suggestions were presented for further research and
researchers.
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